Items matching borders, colour (results page 14)

Title Page, ProverbsDictionary of Proverbs (1917)

DIVERS PROVERBS With their explication & illustration Compiled and Methodically Digested as well for the Entertainment of the Curious as the Information of the Ignorant and for the Benefit of Young St [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, colour

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Added: 2006-10-09

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Music book and wreathsFamous Composers and their Music (1901)

Sheet music (score) with wreaths, perhaps of laurel leaves to signify victory; this is a detail from the musical border from the title page.

Keywords: music, sheet music, wreaths, xmas, christmas, page elements, ornaments, colour

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Added: 2010-11-14

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Back coverThe Leisure Hour (1896)

Even the back of this book has a floral decoration, in black against the blue cloth.

Keywords: book covers, flowers, colour

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Added: 2012-06-24

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Full-page arts and craft movement borderThe Works of Geoffrey Chaucer [William Morris, Kelmscott Press] (1896)

This ful-page border, frame, or surround is made with an intricate design of grape leaves and swirling vines and includes bunches of grapes. It’s taken from the title page of the William Morris editio [...]

Keywords: foliated borders, borders, arts and crafts movement, arts and crafts, grapevines, grapes, vines, leaves, surrounds, frames, full-page borders, greyscale

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Added: 2018-09-08

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Border of Peace from Front Cover.Fabiola, or, the Church of the Catacombs (1887)

The front cover of the book includes a border in gold and black on a red background; there are five florets containing symbols of peace, love and Christianity, as well as a vase of wheat and grasses a [...]

Keywords: borders, colour, religion, peace, decoration, symbols, christianity, christmas, xmas

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Added: 2013-12-07

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Bible Animals Title PageBible Animals (1877)

Wood’s Bible Animals. A description of the habits, structure, and uses of every living creature mentioned in the scriptures, from the ape to the coral; and explaining all those passages in the old and [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, colour

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Added: 2010-07-06

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Title page from A Child’s Garden of VersesA Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

A small boy kneels next to a watering-can and a (dangerously) upturned rake; he holds a flower to examine. On either side of him, two tall stalks grow with flowers; perhaps they are hollyhocks. The [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, colour, flowers, children

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Added: 2011-06-26

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Garden boyA Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

A curly-haired child, a boy, is on one knee; he wears a white shirt, blue dungarees (with a well-worn knee), white socks and brown shoes. He holds a flower and smiles at it. At his feet a watering ca [...]

Keywords: illustrations for children, children, people, flowers, gardening, colour

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Added: 2011-06-26

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The Bishop of St. Praxed’s Orders his Tomb.A Painter’s Anthology (1924)

In the picture, which is a colour reproduction of a watercolour painting it seems, the elderly Bishop is in bed. He has very pale skin. The bed is a four-poster and the surroundings are richly decorat [...]

Keywords: death, illness, people, bedrooms, interiors, candlesticks, curtains, wealth, religion, old age, colour, purple, gold

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Added: 2015-03-23

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Title page for Circling the YearThe Circling Year (1870)

The title page for ‘Circling the Year”for 1870 has a leafy border framing two large flowers at the top, and representations of the year beneath: spring with flowers; summer with warmth from a starry s [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, borders, spring, summer, autumn, winter, greyscale

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Added: 2018-02-18

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Border of Roses and ThornsDays With the Victorian Poets (1910)

A decorative oval border or roses and thorns that was around a chapter title in this book.

Keywords: borders, frames, romance, greyscale

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Added: 2012-06-23

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Title Page from Treasury of VerseA Treasury of Verse for Little Children (1923)

This title page includes a peacock and two little children reading books. A TREASURY of VERSE for LITTLE [heart] CHILDREN SELECTED BY M G EDGAR Illustrated by Willy Pogany The macmillan Compay: New Yo [...]

Keywords: colour, title pages, page images

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Added: 2011-08-04

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Frontispiece, Denchworth, hand colouredQuiet Roads and Sleepy Villages (1914)

This is a version of the Frontispiece sepia-tinted photograph of Denchworth that I coloured using The Gimp.

Keywords: streets, villages, houses, thatched cottagesstreets, colour

Places shown: Denchworth; Berkshire; England

Added: 2006-01-27

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Sheldonian Theatre from Title PageThe Itinerary of John Leland the Antiquary (1745)

The engraving of the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford where the book was printed. The engraving appears on the title page of each volume.

Keywords: buildings, colour

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-11-11

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Frontispiece: Cranbrook, KentOld English Country Cottages (1906)

From a water-colour drawing by Herbert Alexander, A.R.W.S.

Cropped version suitable for screen background

Keywords: cottages, flowers, gardens, houses, colour, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Cranbrook; Kent; England

Added: 2004-07-29

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Victorian Border, Silver on Black.Christian Parlor Magazine Vol III (1847)

This Victorian Floral Border is taken from the front cover. Gold border on a black background. Red border on a white background. Black border on a white background. Moody silver border on a black back [...]

Keywords: borders, colour

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Added: 2010-05-08

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Dustjacket: rearDictionary of Proverbs (1917)

The back of this little book had adverts on the dust jacket for some other books produced by Yale University Press: three books by Paul Claudel, Minister Plenipotentiary of France to Brazil: The Hosta [...]

Keywords: page images, colour

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Added: 2006-10-09

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Oval frame, scallopedEmblems Divine and Moral (1866)

A full-page oval border with a strong solid interior. You could easily use an image editor, such as the GNU Image Manipulation Program, use fuzzy select, or magic wand, or select by region, to select [...]

Keywords: oval, borders, frames, cartici, full-page borders, scallops, greyscale

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Added: 2025-05-17

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Title Page, Bohemia Part TwoBohemia Volume 2: Vltava (1884)

The title page shows some foxing, usually caused by iron or other minerals in the paper reacting with moisture making rust, or in some cases mold or mildew. ČECHY SPOLEČNOU PRACÍ SPISOVATELŮV A UMĚLC [...]

Keywords: title pages, colour, typography, bohemia

Places shown: Bohemia

Added: 2024-12-04

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Musical BorderFamous Composers and their Music (1901)

This musical border features Greek or Roman busts at the corners, musical scores, laurel wreaths, musical instruments including violins, trumpets and horns, and is printed mostly in green and black. I [...]

Keywords: borders, colour, musical instruments, music

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Added: 2010-11-14

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